Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-01
THE PLAYING RULES.

The Changes Made In the Rules Gov
 erning Polo at the Meeting i'm BOs-
 ton.
 The principal changes made in the play- ing rules of polo, as advised by Charles A. Clough of Hartford, president of the New England association of polo clubs, and H. E. Reed of Lowell, at 0 meeting held in Boston last Friday and Saturday, are as fol lows:
 Time will not be called by a referee to en- able player to readjust or repair his skates. A goal will be taken from the offending side for each three fouls made. After goal is taken away for fouls the ball will be placed where it was when the last foul was called and play continued from that point. At the beginning of the second half of a game the ball must be placed where it was at the end of the first half of the game. The time keeper must use a stop-watch or a stop clock No player shall be eligible to play in a league game unless his contract has been in the division secretary's hands three days. OPENING OF THE SEASON IN THE CENTRAL
 DIVISION LAST NIGHT.
 The season in the central division of the New England league was inaugurated last night. The clubs were constituted as fol- lows:
 Pawtucket-Sealy and Cotter, rushers; George Smith, center; Sullivan, halfback; Mccarthy, goal; Pierce and Guthrie, substi- tutes.
 New Bedford-Roberts and Hill, rushers; Murray, center; Canavan, halfback; Lations, goal; Peck and Reilly, substitutes.
 Woburn-Pierce and Conneu, rushers; Bolan, center; Mckay, halfback; Fuller, goal; Flanders, substitute.
 SaIem-Perry and Cunning, rushers; Stan1- ford, center; Phelan, halfback; Reed, goal; Hargrave, Lyons and Howard, substitutes.
 Brockton-Sword and F. Smith, rushers; Turnbull, center; J. H. Smith, hnlfback; Curley, goal.
 Salem played at New Bedford and Woburn at Pawtucket. The Brocktons did not play; being the fifth club. Tonight Woburn will play at Salem and New Bedford st Brock" ton.
 The referees in that division who began their work last night are Frank Ct. Stumcke and Charles O'Maley. The clubs are very evenly matched. In fact no season has yet begun in that division with the clubs more equally matched.
 DIDN'T GET HIS RELEASE.
 Just as the Meriden Journal said, Salem is trying every possible way to get Cunning. He has been here and tried to get his release, but he has returned with the idea pretty well established in his mind that he will come to New Haven There will be no fooling about it either. Manager Putnam has written a letter to the New Haven management, in an- swer to one which he received from the lat ter calling his attention to certain rules of the association which prohibit all overtures to players reserved by other teams. Manager Putnam states that what he has done was through what he is pleased to term 'mis- take" Dunning is going to play with the Salems until the 18th, however. POLO NOTES. The New Haven players will report here one week from next Monday. Members of the Bridgeport team will Ie port for duty between Nov. IS and 21. It has finally been decided that the Hart. ford team can have the armory to play 1T this season. This settles 8 difficulty and z team will now be collected without delay. It is said that John B. Day, the well k1owr base ball magnate, and Stephen Brady oi l Hartford are quietly working up scheme tc l organize New York vicinity polo league Bridgeport News.
 Manager Harris, of Bridgeport, says the league need not fear on his account, for ht | will certainly have a place to play polo in and good one, in time for the opening oi | the league there on Nov g. The referees in the central division vii ! receive the same pay as last year, $3 a game and expenses.
 Holmes wants to play with the Brocktons
 The Brocktons will probably not use Reg l nier and Ritchie.
 Sealy has not yet signed with the Paw | tuckets, nor has Turnbull with the Brock ! tons.
 The Woburns and the New Bedfords art the only clubs perfectly prepared to open thu ! season.
 P. F. Smith has been released by the New Bedfords to thu Brocktons, and J. Mowray | has been released to the New Bedfords. W. L. Quay, who played halfback on th' ! New Haven and Boston teams in 1855, is a present employed as clerk at w. B. Hall 6 \ Co.'s, Bridgeport.
 The changes that were necessary in thu ! Waterbury rink have been made and the re I suit is an excellent surface.